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Charming Antique Cold Painted Bronze Letter Clip, Gnome and Pigs, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and unusual novelty desk clip, the base made from mahogany and the clip from bronze
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Late Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
17TH C SPANISH VARGUENO
Located in Stamford, CT
17 th century Spanish vargueno (traveling desk) with unusual tortoise shell and ivory inlay.The two
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Cabinets
Materials
Iron
$9,800
Vintage Table Lamp from Lupela, 1960s
Located in Lisboa, PT
This unusual model of desk lamp was designed and manufactured by Lupela, in Spain during the 1960's
Category
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Swedish 1790s Tall Slant-Front Secretary with Glass Doors and Carved Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
showcases a slant front desk with unusual interior made of drawers and a single door, delicately carved with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Swedish Karl Johan Birch Wood Fall-Front Secretaire, Mid-19th Century
Located in New York, NY
a very pleasing scale that makes it a little more unusual.
33 3/4in. Desk depth with fall front
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Karl Johan Secretaires
Materials
Birch
17th Century Spanish Cabinet Vargueno
Located in Madrid, ES
XVII.
In this desk, an unusual circumstance in these pieces, and the extraordinary state of
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Antique Russian Gilt Bronze Malachite Rock Crystal Sleigh Sculpture C 1870
Located in London, GB
rectangular malachite base which adds extra opulence to this highly attractive desk stand.
This unusual
Category
Antique 1870s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Antique Genuine Unusual Desk, Dining or Work Table in Pine from Northern Sweden
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine unusual dining table or work table from Härjedalen in Northern Sweden. The table is made
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Unusual Desk Lamp Known as the "Question Mark Lamp"
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very practical and yet whimsical lamp is a highly desirable accessory to your desk. Please
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Arne Vodder Mid-Century Modern Kidney Desk with Finished Back
By Arne Vodder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
drop down storage compartment. Very unusual desk!
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
French Desk
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
A most unusual desk from France, would be our best guess. We are offering this French desk, in an
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks
$2,800
Large Bi-Plane , WW1 Bi-Plane, Zeppelin Cocktail Shaker
Located in London, GB
Large Bi-Plane Desk Companion by F. Reichenberg, Germany, circa 1920-1925
Very Unusual Desk Piece
Category
Vintage 1920s German More Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Most Unusual Industrial Adjustable Architects Desk/ Drafting Table
By Hamilton
Located in Buffalo, NY
Most unusual industrial adjustable architects desk/ drafting table, amazing design and lines
Category
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Unusual Antique American Sheraton Clerk
s Desk with Gallery
Located in Morristown, NJ
An unusual 19th c., American Sheraton Clerk's Desk. A shaped gallery with a larger rectangular
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Unusual Half Oval Shaped Walnut Partners Desk by Miller Desk
Safe Co
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual half oval shaped walnut partners desk by Miller Desk & Safe Co, half oval top, caned
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Unusual Italian Mid-Century Drop Front Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage drop front desk features unique brass pulls, tapered legs with brass feet
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Unusual 1960s Modernist Executive Oversized Desk Chair
By Arne Jacobsen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual 1960s modernist executive oversized desk chair. Fully adjustable height. Tilt, swivel
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Unusual Architectural Swivel Desk Chair by Gunlocke
By Gunlocke
Located in New York, NY
Unusual architectural swivel desk, office chair by Gunlocke. This example has a tilting backrest as
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Unusual Early 19th Century French Oak and Leather Desk Chair
Located in Lowestoft, GB
.
Now makes for a unusual desk chair, French in origian
The chair and leather have age related wear
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Antique Early 19th Century French Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Unusual Burl Wood Writing Table or Desk with Black Lacquer Legs
Located in Dallas, TX
This gorgeous unusual burl wood desk in the style of Milo Baughman. With black lacquer legs
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Unusual Modernist Vanity/Desk Made in Denmark
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual modernist vanity/desk made in Denmark, adjustable pivoting rectangular mirror. Four-drawer
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Glass, Rosewood, Teak
Unusual Mid-Century Modern Desk in the Style of Paul Frankl
By Paul Frankl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This amazing vintage modern desk features unique angled legs and a floating style table top. A
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Unusual Faux Stone Plaster over Wood Desk
Located in Palm Springs, CA
a wood base. It wouldn't surprise me if this is some form of custom piece. A most unusual piece in
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Desks
Unusual Art Deco Writing Desk, Oak and Walnut Veneer, Czechia
Bohemia
, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored Art Deco writing desk.
Unusual combination of oak and walnut veneer.
Chrome-plated steel
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Unusual Antique Hand Carved Lizard and Prey Hard Stone Desk Weight, 19th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb antique carved stone sculptural desk weight modeled as a lizard with its prey dating from
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Other Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Unusual Portable Ww1 Field Desk Suitcase, Multi-Slots /Drawer by Rogers Madison
By Rogers
Madison Trunk Corp.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual portable WW1 field desk suitcase, multi-slots /drawer by Rogers Madison Trunk Corporation
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Desks
Materials
Metal
Unusual 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Writing Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual neoclassical writing table with original salmon pink paint. The paint has naturally become
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Unusual Early XX Century Wooden Drafting Machine Table
Located in Milan, IT
Unusual early XX Century Italian wooden drafting machine trestle table. The board can be liftable
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Unusual 1950s TV Clock
By Howard Miller
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual 1950s table clock, shaped like a TV. Great 1950s look in the style of Howard Miller
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Unusual Arts
Crafts 19th Century Carved Walnut Library Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare library table from the private collection of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.
Labelled underneath with the royal marks and for its release for sale.
Swedish Arts & crafts w...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Arts and Crafts Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Industrial Cast Iron and Wood Adjustable Drafting / Writing Table, Unusual Mech
By Dietzgen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Industrial cast iron and wood adjustable drafting / writing table, unusual mechanism, pierced iron
Category
Vintage 1920s American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
Located in Allerum, SE
Fine and rather unusual 18th century Swedish rococo desk in it's original finish with one lid to
Category
Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Unusual Danish Bentwood and Iron Chair by Vamo
By Vamo Sonderborg
Located in New York, NY
Unusual and hard to find form, continuous bentwood back and seat, on bent iron rod leg. Chair bears
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Rare Antique Irish Mahogany Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual Georgian style antique mahogany desk featuring a black leather top and inset
Category
Antique 19th Century Northern Irish Georgian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and very unusual antique Victorian period writing desk. This was made in England, it
Category
Antique 1870s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Leather
French 19th C. Table w/ Unusual
Creative Drop Down Storage-Great for Crafting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This unusual French table from the 19th century is quite an interesting piece! Perhaps a master
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Unique Midcentury Italian Floating Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
wood grain and finished back shows quality craftsmanship at its best. An unusual Italian vanity or desk
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bowed Front Mid-Century Executive Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unusual vintage modern desk has a slightly bowed top with two "floating" banks of drawers and
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Art Deco Red Tea Amber Bakelite Desk Perpetual Calendar Lighthouse-shaped
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare French Art Deco 1930s Bakelite perpetual calendar. An unusual desk accessory in a lighthouse
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bakelite
Italian Chrome Lacquer Green Desk 1970s, Midcentury
Located in New York, NY
Italian chrome lacquer green desk 1970s, midcentury
Unusual large green lacquer desk. Incredible
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Antique Fine Quality Regency Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An exceptional quality late Regency period mahogany pedestal desk of
extremely unusual form having
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Mid Century English Mahogany Military Campaign Architect
s Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
and recessed handles for easy transportation and appeal.
This desk is unusual from most that you see
Category
20th Century British Campaign Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Brass Office Desk Set, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A very unusual office desk set, designed and executed by Carl Aubock in the 1950s, made as
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Desk and Chair by Sligh-Lowry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unusual vintage modern desk features a bowed front, three drawers, brass pulls, round legs
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
French Art Deco "Chinoiserie" Red Craquelé Desk, circa 1920s
By Paul Poiret, Atelier Martine
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual and gorgeous desk with lovely rounded edges and feet that curve in and under, in the
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables
Antique Aesthetic Style Oak Library Table or Desk, circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Most unusual library table or desk.
Designer unknown
Beautiful golden oak.
It is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Desks and Writing T...
Materials
Oak
Biedermeier Partners Pedestal Desk Ormolu Style Detail, Early 20th Century
Located in Lewes, England
Unusual partners desk in the Biedermeier style from the early 20th century.
It has three drawers
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze and Marble Desk Set. H. Muller
By Hans Muller
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very unusual Art Nouveau desk set for the astute collector. It is quite rare to see male figures
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jansen Inspired Old French Louis XVI Desk in an Ebonized Finish
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
French desk so unusual, is that there is no leather insert for the top, nor was there ever one. We cannot
Category
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Rare English Oak Wooton Style 19th Century Desk with Rotating Drawers
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Very rare and unusual Wooton style English desk. Late 19th Ct., 1880's. Adjustable lectern top
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Danish Style Mid-Century Modern Curved Executive Desk after Jens Risom
By Florence Knoll, George Nelson, Jens Risom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and unusual designed curved desk, circa 1960s. Extremely heavy and well built in solid
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Large 19th Century French Hand-Carved Oak Louis XIII Style Desk
Located in Fayetteville, AR
A rare grand scale, this hand-carved Louis XIII desk features unusual scalloped carving which is
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIII Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Newly Lacquered in White Signed Writing Table Furniture Desk
By Hooker Furniture
Located in West Hartford, CT
Unusual vintage desk with brass handles, newly refurbished and lacquered in a brilliant white color
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Black Writing Desk with White Leather Surface by Thonet, Detachable, circa 1980
By Thonet
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Fantastic black writing desk with white leather surface from the 1980s in Austria. Made by the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Beech
Handsome Mid-Century Modern Walnut Jens Risom Desk Table Mid-Century Modern
By Jens Risom
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Designs, Inc. We love the look of this large slender desk with its unusual adjustable oversized aluminium
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Burr Walnut Pedestal Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very fine quality mid-19th century burr walnut
pedestal desk of unusual diminutive proportions
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Victorian Desks
Materials
Walnut
Italian Bombe Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Italian burl olive wood bombe form slant top desk, mid-20th century. This desk has an unusual bombe
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XVI Desks
Materials
Wood
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